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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “punched” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

63 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
punched15351217(None) 
bunched154312411bunched
hunched163710491hunched
lunched133911821lunched
munched153411071munched
paunched1645521paunched
pinched153812451pinched
puncher143311671puncher
punches144816131punches
benched154713942benched
brunched16317852brunched
bunches144116032bunches
buncoed12378442buncoed
cinched153910862cinched
crunched16328162crunched
dunches133312582dunches
glunched1544262glunched
haunched1744812haunched
hunches153913462hunches
hutched16359882hutched
inched124514482_inched
launched1475402launched
luncher123111412luncher
lunches124115442lunches
lurched13358032lurched
lynched16376752lynched
mulched15307762mulched
muncher143610372muncher
munches144215792munches
ouched124316932ou_ched
parched154013692parched
patched153514622patched
paunches1568172paunches
peached154315882peached
peched144915342p_eched
perched154713242perched
pincher143812712pincher
pinches144117932pinches
pitched153512922pitched
poached154212402poached
ponced114314812ponc_ed
ponchoed1646132ponchoed
pooched152810082pooched
pouched153612772pouched
pounced123510622pounc_ed
psyched1843912psyched
punch125118422punch__
puncheon1544472puncheon
punchers152610072punchers
punchier1536412punchier
punchy16398522punch_y
pungled114210082pungled
punished1436042punished
punned93416192pun_ned
punted94618712pun_ted
pushed125017462pu_shed
quenched2334102quenched
ranched133113602ranched
ruched124314632ru_ched
synched16277212synched
unshed10313772_unshed
wenched163910912wenched
winched163110592winched

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911076710.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit107671637.34314663.1
3Display Results63630.186338.7
 (SQL Overall)178691638.21521751.8
 
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